Although the Su family is not a major and influential family in Longcheng, and the business they operate is also at the bottom rung of society, the children of the Su family have one characteristic: they are particularly united no matter what happens. This might be related to the fact that the previous generation of the Su family's children all had military experience, or it might be related to the family rules of the Su family. But more importantly, in this era that the family is in, if the children are not united, they will be bullied and have their interests encroached upon.
Su Tianbei has never been a good-natured person since childhood and has perfectly inherited the combative genes of the second uncle of the Su family. So with him frantically leading the rhythm, the children of the Su family are also filled with anger and enthusiasm.
Two seven-meter-long garbage trucks left the courtyard, and the children of the Su family got on the cars with various working tools in a rush. Except for the elderly and the young, almost all the men and women were in a fighting state.
Su Tianyu got on an off-road vehicle with his cousin, the Third Sister. As soon as she saw him, she immediately cared and said: "Little Six, you don't need to follow. Wait at home. We'll go and take a look."
"It's okay. Let's go together." Su Tianyu closed the car door.
"Miaomiao, call Wang He and Dong Gang and ask them to bring the workers over as well." Su Tianbei drove the car and instructed.
The Third Sister followed the second brother's instructions and dialed the phone of the foreman at home.
The convoy set off and headed straight for the Su family's stockpile area in the suburbs of Zhanan District.
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Half an hour later, outside the garbage stockpile area in the northern suburbs of Zhanan District, more than a dozen cars were parked at the entrance, and a large group of people gathered at the entrance of the garbage dump. They were all wearing white T-shirts printed with the characters and logo of Changqing Company, with loose black pure cotton sweatpants on the lower body and black cloth shoes on their feet.
Although Changqing Company is also engaged in urban garbage disposal work, they are uniformly dressed at the moment and seem very organized.
On the not-so-distant road, two off-road vehicles and two trucks came hurriedly from the south.
At the entrance of the garbage dump, beside a huge European off-road vehicle, a burly man in his mid-thirties with a crew cut said with his hands behind his back: "Su Er （the Second） is here."
The car stopped, and Su Tianbei was the first to push the door and get out, looking up and shouting: "Lu Feng, what do you mean? Bringing so many people here to cause trouble!?"
All the children of the Su family got out of the car, their faces solemn and filled with hatred, standing behind Su Tianbei in a rush.
Among the crowd, Su Tianyu sized up the man named Lu Feng and whispered to the Third Sister: "What does he do?"
"He is Lu Feng, one of the key members of Li Hongze from Changqing Company." The Third Sister explained softly: "He's in charge of the area south of Liuyuan Street. He's someone here."
"Oh." Su Tianyu sized up Lu Feng and merely nodded slightly.
At the entrance of the garbage dump, about thirty members of the Su family's clan came from the Su family, along with more than a dozen direct descendants of the family who were workers. The formation looked quite imposing.
The two sides gathered in front of the garbage dump, staring at each other sullenly, with a strong smell of gunpowder.
Lu Feng walked to Su Tianbei with his hands behind his back, smiling and saying: "I'm here to take over your family's business."
"On what basis are you taking over my family's business?" Su Tianbei replied coldly: "Our company is led by the Management Committee. What does it have to do with your Changqing Company?"
"Oh, you really hit the nail on the head." Lu Feng slowly raised his right arm, took a document from a worker and replied: "Your dad was smuggling military supplies and hiding the goods in the stockpile area. The police department is now conducting a comprehensive investigation, and the Management Committee has also been implicated. In addition to the criminal issues, you also violated the contract. The Management Committee issued a document asking our Changqing Company to take over. Let's cut the crap. Clear out the things in the yard. I'm taking over the place today."
After Lu Feng finished speaking, he directly handed the Management Committee's document to Su Tianbei. The latter took one look and tore it up on the spot: "Don't cause trouble! Not to mention that my dad's case hasn't been judged yet. Even if he's really committed a crime, it has nothing to do with our company. Personal behavior, violating what kind of contract?!" "Su Er （the Second）, are you being stupid? How dare you tear the Management Committee's document?!" Lu Feng was astonished.
"Whoever touches my family's business, I'll fight them to the death!" Su Tianbei glared and shouted.
Not far away, Su Tianyu listened to the conversation between the two and felt in his heart that Tianbei was completely led by the rhythm of the other party. Somewhat worried, he asked the Third Sister: "The negotiation broke down. Are we going to fight?"
The Third Sister gritted her teeth and replied viciously: "Fight if we have to. I'll scratch him to death!"
Su Tianyu was somewhat puzzled: "The other side brought over more than seventy people. What about our own workers? Why don't they come to help?"
"Workers can help you with the work, but they can't help you fight. Not to mention that as soon as your second uncle had this incident, many people thought that the Su family was going to fall. Those who could avoid it have all avoided it." The Third Sister replied neatly: "If a fight breaks out later, you'll..."
Before she could finish speaking, Su Tianyu directly took off his glasses and politely put them in his jacket pocket.
"You don't need to get involved. The people from Changqing are quite ruthless. With your thin arms and legs, don't get yourself beaten up." The Third Sister thought that Su Tianyu was also going to join the fight.
Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment and immediately replied: "I don't plan to get involved. I took off the glasses to run better."
"..." The Third Sister was stunned: "Little Six, you haven't changed at all. You're the most cowardly one in our old Su family!"
"Fighting makes no sense, sister..." Su Tianyu turned his head to look around and was already observing the escape route.
At the entrance of the warehouse, Lu Feng shook his neck, pointed at Su Tianbei's chest and said word by word: "You're just like your dad, not willing to turn back until you hit the wall. Alright, I admit it today. If you insist on playing rough on the ground, I'll beat you up for a hundred thousand in compensation!"
Su Tianbei pulled out a hammer from his back waist, and the children of the Su family also all showed their tools.
"Whoosh!"
All the members of Changqing Company surrounded them.
"Third Sister, I'm going home first. You be careful and don't cause any trouble... " Su Tianyu looked in the direction of home and was already preparing for a sprint.
"Knock them down and throw the equipment in the warehouse out." Lu Feng pointed at Su Tianbei and others and shouted: "I'll take responsibility if anything happens."
"Fight!"
Su Tianbei was a hothead. He rushed towards Lu Feng with the hammer.
"Vroom!"
Just then, the sound of car engines roared. Two off-road vehicles rushed into the crowd from afar and stopped in the middle of everyone.
The car doors opened, and a man in his thirties with a handsome face and a slender figure pushed the door and got out, looking up and shouting: "Everyone from the Su family, stop!"
At the entrance of the warehouse, Su Tianyu looked at the man who got out of the car and immediately felt relieved.
The eldest brother of the Su family, Su Tiannan, was here.
"Brother, they want to drive our people away and clear our equipment." Su Tianbei turned to look at his elder brother and said.
Su Tiannan turned his head and glanced around. Without answering his younger brother's words, he walked to Lu Feng, speaking concisely: "Give me a week for the warehouse matter."
"No. The company wants to take over now." Lu Feng refused: "If the matter isn't resolved today, I have no way to explain to the higher-ups."
"A brawl involving more than a hundred people. If a few are seriously injured or even killed, no one will have an easy time. You want the warehouse for profit. Fighting is just an unnecessary process, don't you think?" Su Tiannan asked in return.
"You don't need to play this psychological game with me..."
"Whenever I, Su Tiannan, do things in Zhannan, I have never broken my promise. Give me a week. If my dad's case is completely determined, I will unconditionally hand over the warehouse and the work area and accept the punishment. I mean what I say." Su Tiannan paused: "Is that okay?"
Lu Feng was obviously hesitant.
Su Tiannan directly took out his mobile phone: "I went to the city this morning and had a chat with Police Superintendent Wang from the Police Department. Otherwise, would you like to talk to him?"
"Hehe." Lu Feng thought for a long time and felt that there was no need for him to call the person from the Police Department and cause more trouble: "It's too long. I'll give you five days. Five days later, at this same time and this same place, I'll come to take over the company."
Su Tiannan was also very decisive: "Okay, let's do it like this."
Lu Feng turned to look at Su Tianbei and pointed at him: "Learn from your elder brother and use your brain when doing things. In the past, our Changqing Company wouldn't even give you the chance to negotiate. Understand? Little brat!"
"Idiot!" Su Tianbei cursed directly.
Lu Feng grinned: "Let's go, brothers."
The people from Changqing Company got in the cars and were about to leave. Su Tianbei said to his elder brother: "What's the use of these five days? With the Police Department there..."
"Let's talk when we get back." Su Tiannan replied perfunctorily and walked to Su Tianyu, smiling and patting his shoulder: "The younger brother is back?"
"Big Brother!" Su Tianyu respectfully called out.
"Okay, it's good to be back." Su Tiannan nodded heavily and greeted everyone: "Let's all go home!" A fight was temporarily suppressed after Su Tiannan's return.
The people of the Su family took the cars and returned to the large courtyard. Not to mention the concerns and instructions of the elders of the family for the time being. Just say that after everyone finished chatting in the living room, Su Tiannan dispersed the younger members of the family and only took Su Tianbei, the Third Sister Su Miaomiao, and Su Tianyu, who just returned, upstairs.
This detail shows that after the second uncle of the Su family had the incident, all the matters of the family were handled by Su Tiannan with the younger generation. Even the second aunt and other elders did not participate too much.
In the dining room on the second floor, the Third Sister brought several hot dishes to Su Tianyu and prepared some white wine: "We were originally preparing for your return and having a dinner party in the evening. But I didn't expect this bastard Lu Feng to come and cause trouble. The dishes are all cold. I'll heat up a few. You can have a bite. We'll hold the welcoming dinner tomorrow."
"Third Sister, you don't have to be busy." Su Tianyu ate the food with big mouthfuls: "You talk about serious matters."
Su Tiannan sat at the main seat, smoking and looking at Tianyu: "Little brother, you eat first. We'll talk about something."
"Okay." Su Tianyu nodded.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit dull. Su Tianbei was the first to speak: "Will Old Wang from the Police Department help us?"
"No." Su Tiannan shook his head: "I gave him fifty thousand yuan. He agreed to help us delay for a few days. That's all. This is still because he was an old comrade-in-arms of our dad."
"What does he think of dad's case?" The Third Sister asked urgently.
"It's not easy to handle. Old Wang was willing to take the money for delaying the time but not the money for speaking for our dad." Su Tiannan frowned and said: "I personally think that Changqing Company has been planning this for not just one or two days. They are well-prepared. This time, not only will our family suffer, but the Bai family, the Liu family, and the Kong family will all have a hard time crossing this hurdle. The worst outcome is that we hand over our business, give up the profits we've earned over the years, and then save the old man's life."
"They are really pushing us to our deaths!" Su Tianbei gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with hatred.
"The only opportunity now is for the Su family, the Bai family, the Liu family, and the Kong family to jointly spend money to bribe the Police Department. As long as they can speak for us, there is still hope for this matter. After all, in Longcheng, in major matters, power speaks; in minor matters, money speaks." Su Tiannan paused here: "But the other three families are now in a panic. They are only thinking about clearing themselves and saving the person in charge of the family. So not only can they not sit down and talk together, but they also throw the dirty water of hiding contraband to the other three families. Now I not only have to defend against the attack from Changqing Company but also have to deal with the internal strife from these three unreliable allies."
Everyone in the room was silent for a while. Su Tianbei suddenly said: "Since they don't leave us a way out and play so dirty, then let's not fight according to the rules. I'll call two big guys from outside and directly..."
Su Tiannan heard halfway and directly waved his hand and said: "Don't think about taking the wrong path. Stay put for me. I'll handle it with the higher-ups."
At the dinner table, Su Tianyu listened to everyone's conversation. He had roughly understood the course of events in his heart, but he felt that the Su family's current way of breaking the deadlock was off track. But he didn't want to make it clear at the table.
"It's getting late. Everyone rest. Tomorrow, Miaomiao and I will go to the urban area again to see if we can find some of dad's old military connections and ask them to speak up and delay some time first." Su Tiannan stood up, reached out and patted Tianyu's shoulder and said: "Little brother, the timing of your return is not good. Something happened at home. I won't be with you these days. Let the second brother take you around first to adapt to the environment."
"Okay, Big Brother." Su Tianyu nodded.
...
It was past nine o'clock in the evening.
Su Tianbei brought Tianyu to his room and pointed to the spacious bed on the left and said: "There are many people in the family and your room hasn't been tidied up yet. Just stay with me for now."
Su Tianyu looked at his tidy bed, brand-new bedding, and private cabinet and immediately asked with a smile: "Did you buy these for me?"
"I don't have the time. It was bought by Miaomiao. She heard that you were coming back and went shopping for two consecutive days." Su Tianbei pointed to the bed and said: "You sleep first. I have something to do and I'm going out." Su Tianyu blinked and suddenly reached out to touch Su Tianbei's waist. The latter reacted very strongly by taking a step back and frowned and asked: "What are you doing?"
"Why are you hiding this on you?" Su Tianyu asked.
Su Tianbei replied in a low voice: "There are so many things going on at home. I got this for self-defense."
"Don't do anything stupid. It's best to listen to Big Brother." Su Tianyu instructed.
"I know." Su Tianbei nodded and replied: "I'll go out first to meet with a few foremen."
"Okay."
After saying that, Su Tianbei left. And Tianyu sat on the bed and slowly packed his luggage. In fact, he had some ideas about the Su family's predicament, but before, he thought that Big Brother and others could handle it well, so he didn't say much. But now seeing that Su Tianbei was already carrying "things" with him, it was enough to show that the Su family's current situation was very difficult.
After the changes in his family, Su Tianyu has been studying at the Special Talent Base in Bozhou, District One. But during these four years, many of his experiences were not known to his family, and his views on some matters have long changed.
After Su Tianyu finished packing his personal belongings and after much deliberation, he still decided to have a chat with Big Brother.
...
Outside the Su family's courtyard, Su Tianbei sat in the car and said to a young man: "Contact them. Only you and I know about this matter..."